The Helmets to Hardhats Website
Easy, Effective and Free
The keystone to any project, as in masonry, is the one upon which all else rests. For Helmets to
Hardhats, the keystone is the website www.helmetstohardhats.org that gives job providers a direct
link to well-qualified, veteran candidates.
Helmets to Hardhats brings employers pre-screened candidates who have filled out detailed
information before accessing the site. This eliminates inappropriate candidates based on the
employer job specifications.
One thing that sets the Helmets to Hardhats website apart from other career sites is the
number of descriptors involved in building a job seeker profile. These detailed profiles allow
employers to customize their searches. Are you looking specifically for candidates who are wounded
warriors, who are willing to relocate, who have a certain education level or salary requirement?
The Helmets to Hardhats website allows employers to do all of these searches and more.
Posting your opportunities is easily done. An employer or training director will immediately
sense the familiar look and feel of popular word processing applications. If you are not sure what
to write, the "one-click ad writer" will be a life saver. Put in your job title and the website
gives you a list of corresponding positions. Click the closest one and the website writes the
complete posting for you to edit. The Helmets to Hardhats employers pages' include easy pull down
menus, and options for job qualifications that make job posting effortless.
After posting a job, employers can also adjust the criteria to increase or decrease the
number of job applications they are receiving. The site also offers an opt-in email feature that
will send resumes that meet your job criteria directly to your inbox. Employers can choose to just
receive resumes, job seeker's screening answers, or a screening score in the subject of the email.
When you click the "Helmets to Hardhats Wounded Warrior Listing" box, you encourage veterans
with a 30% or more disability rating to apply for your position. Your posting will appear with a
Purple Heart medal showing your support for those who made supreme sacrifices in service to their
country and linking your position to the Wounded Warrior career section.
Timely correspondence helps build good relationships with candidates and is a common courtesy
but it is easy for busy employers and training directors to let follow-up correspondence fall
through the cracks. To this end, the website provides employers with a letter creation tool and
auto-response feature to easily communicate with qualified applicants.
If the website is the keystone of Helmets to Hardhats, the Regional Directors are the
columns, dependably carrying the load. Regional Directors are the program’s field operatives who
are in touch with qualified candidates in your area on a daily basis. They can keep an eye out for
the most aptly qualified individuals and help facilitate the hiring process. If you are unsure
about how to use the website, Helmets to Hardhats' regional directors are happy to give you
technical assistance.
A Regional Director’s number one mission is to help you find the right person for the job
from among the best candidates in the world – U.S. military servicemen and women.
Visit
www.helmetstohardhats.org today to enhance your
workforce with military skills, values and discipline.
